Rail-joint.



E. A. BOICOURT.

RAIL JOINT.

APII-HJATAOII' FILM! SEPT 27, 1000 1 949,213. v Patented Feb. 15,1919.

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ERNEST A. DOICOURT, 01? DALLAS, SOUTH bantt'tii BAIL-JQINT.

To all ID/l!" it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enxns'r A; lioicoun'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Gregory, State of South Dakota, have invented eortnin new I and useful Improvements in llnil-Joints;i and I do hereby declare the following to be I it full, clear, and exact description of the i invention, such as will enable others skilled l in the art to which it nppertuins to muke J l and use the same.

The invention relates to a rail joint and tnore particularly to the LltlHS of rnil joints in which the end of one rail is fitted directly into or onto the end of the other rtiil.

Theprinntry ohiect of the invention is thefprovision of a oint in which n .eltltmiil mu Ice is exposed for our wheels to travel thereover so as to prevent lutuunorin r the ends of the roll by said our wheel and t ierch overcoming injury to the rails, wear on tie wheel iTiid jarring and discomfort to; pnssen era within carswhen traveling over i the rat Another object of the invention is the] provision of a rail joint which may be put together in 1 ready and can manner with ont neeeseitatin skilled ltl ior as'well asi one which will capen the tendency of the bolt: from beoomin loosened, and one which i will form practice I, a continuous roll no as to overcome knocking and jarring unnnlly exiltin between the radii.

A m I further object oi the invention is the provision of n rail joint which is simple, effective, reliable and cflicient in operation and which will dispense with the use of fish plates oir other fastening devices now With t one and other objects in view, the invention consist in the construction, com-" binetion and arrangement of parts as will he hereinntter more fttlly described, illtut trated in the accompanying drnwin ,iyhich i ieoloae the prehrml form of em hmeut ot' the invention, to enable those'iikilled in 5 the art to practice the same, linden pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drewingn-Fi view ahowing the rail omt construct re 1 is ti top )hnt perspective. view of one of the rail ends emxlying it n'tion of the feature-a of ti int'cntion. Pig. 3 is a perspective view 0 the other tlii end ttlM) embot ying ti portionot the l'cttturee of the invention. 1"

1g. 4 is u Speclttcationot Letters Patent Application Med September 27. 1900.

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Patented Feb. 15, 1910. Serial No. 519,656.

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Similar rcl'rrcticc chntncttrs indicate oorrt-e'pondin ports thrt'iughout th several views in t to drmvin' s.

Referring to the tii'nwings hy numerals 'i and 8 demgnnlc. the opposite terminal or nteetin ends of contiguous rnils enchbeing former with. u trend 9, web It), nod base 11, of the usual well known construction, The one adjoining end of the mil 7, has the upper port of the trend ll, out nwoy for n portion of its length on tit 12, no its to form a supporting portion 1;}, on the lower mrt of the trend ltllti this wortiorrlii extent I; from the extreme end or the ruil 7, retirwnrdly,

on the trend J, for it short distance and tertninutcs in tho diugonnl nhutting-shoulder it which extends t'lll it't-ly itt'ltiHH titttrend of the roll. The other mil 8, has its base it, 't'll 10, and lower port of the trend 9, cut nwuy [or it portion of its length at its ad- JOllllTlg end so he to form n tongue or projt'ci'itill, portion 15, on the upper part of the trend 1), which projecting portion or tongue terminates in tho nlnttting end or face to, extending diagonally and entirely across the upper part of hlli i trend i and on the same angle on the dingonul shoulder 14, of the contiguous rail.

Fortnct upon and integral with the web 10 of ouch roll 7 and 8 ill their udjuct-nt or met-ling end-z hi at web exlcnsion or plate 17, which projects longitudinally on u ipropriate distnnce l)l' \t)llti the terminals ot 'the roil so that when the meeting ends of the rails are lit-ought to'gcthrr the said plates will lie contiguous with the web am at opposite sides of the rails.

The wchs l0, and plates 17, are tronsverscly perforated nt ttppro riotely 8 need intervals as at 18, thoee per ovations icing adopted to register for the reception of hetening members or bolts 10 by means of which the rails are connectet Each ihttc l7 hi.-t formed at he lower use engaging linnge providing a chair to receive the hue of the ud'ncent rail when the mcetio ends of the rails are brought together. 'l to said flanges contain at. intcrvuls suitable recesses accommodating spikes for scrurin; the rails to the tines.

What is claimed ts:---

A roll joint comprising two lIltPtEiill3lllt9tltthere, one oi suid members having the upper art of its tread cut away fur 'a pal-lieu of I tiguous to and 'everlap the webs when the 10 Its len th to form a .suppm-ting purlion and memiwrs have been connected and huse'enexfem ing hack in farm a diagonal abutting gaging flangesformed on the flutes. shoulder, the uppnsihnu-mlwr having the In tesiimnny whereof, I a me my signa- 5 lower part of its tread cut away to farm a I law, in presence of two witnesses.

rnjecting hmgua terminating in a diagonal ERNEST A. BOHIUUR'I'. ace for resting on the supporting pm-ljaa, Witnesses: plates integral with and at one sale at the J. I). Knuma,

webs of the members and mlaph'd to lie enu- R. l". GARNER. 

